[ 'mɔ:g(ə)n ]
■ noun
1》 a South African measure of land equal to about 0.8 hectare or two acres.
2》 a Scandinavian and German measure of land equal to about 0.3 hectare or two thirds of an acre.
Origin
C17: from Du., or from Ger. Morgen 'morning', appar. from the notion of ‘an area of land that can be ploughed in a morning’.